The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-21

Cape May city Baptist Church j. without 3
pastor. \ majority of the congregation ba.
voted to extend It cali to Roy. William Hum
phties, Of Philadelphia.
Hampton Williams, Il years of age, residing
af Woodbury.. fell through the ice on Green :
pond on Tuesday and was with some difficulty
rescued from drowning.
The sea Isle City Improvement Company is
about 10 negotiate a loan OF S3-oi10 10 be used
for the purpose Of erecting a large summer
aud winter hotel AT that resort.
lti- said that Il number of capitalists con
template running electric light from Camden
to Monnt Holly. lighting all the principal
streets of Tie villages on the route.
Thieves who broke into The West Jersey
Railroad depots at Mount Pleasant, ocean
View and scayile On Tuesday night obtained
$50 from he former and smaller sums from the
latter places.
The jury in the case against j ID. Wells,
Robert Brokel Edward Boyce, George Watson
and John Lyons, who are charged with hay
ing set fire 10 the Lupton glasshous- ut
Bridgeton, in July 1885. returned a verdict
last week of"no guilty
The Courier Publishing Company of Cam
den has leased portion OF : Il. GETS large
building at second street and Bridge avenue,
and propose TO start job printing establish
nient there, leaving The quarters now occupied
ON Federal street free for the exclusive use of
the newspaper.
The fire companies of Atlantic City made an
attempt on Tuesday night 10 elect Chief En-
gineer. The candidates were Charles :. I.ackey
and Edwards lee. seven hundred and sixty
tie baiiots We're taken, IN adjournment being
effected about six O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing. The deadlock was broken on Monday
night and i.ackey elected on the Ss.ith ballot.
The general merchandise sior- Of jos. W.
Pratt I'll Westville, was partially destroyed by
fire on "Wednesday of last week, causing loss
of.bout 81 ,300 said to he covered by insurance.
During the fire an explosion of gunpow der oc-
Cured which shattered windows. John :.
Stanley. one OF the bucket brigade, WAS struck
by piece OF flying timber and severely cut
about the head. Mr.. Pratt, the proprietor OF
the store, WAS severely burned about the face
in attempting to extmguish the fire.
Or, L. \. Reilly, County Physician of Allan
tic county. Br. NJ. ID. Youngman, secretary of
the Atlantic City Board of Health, and DR.. H.
Mitchell, of the Stale Board of Health in com
pany with several physicians of Absecon, visit
ed Conoyertown OH Wednesday and decided
that the disease epidemic there was small -poN
III II ltA iOniiu put Ten CASTS nv Z
of which had recovered, and the others being
conValescent. The physicians state that the
disease is confined to Conovertown, and that
the quarantine Is so rigid that there is no dam
ger OF its spreading
samuel liufty. of Camden, 1t member of Post
No. s. g. \. r., was officially notified on FRI
day that Lucius Fairchild, Commander m
Chief of the Department of the United STATES,
had issued orders reinstating Posts Nos. ) and
81, of Camden, which had bsen suspended by
order OF Department Commander Cole, of View
jersey. The Posts had been suspended for al
legged INSTRUMENTATION in protesting against
an order OF the Commander for a summer en-
campment. After the suspension an appeal
was made TO General Burdette who was the
Commander-in.C hief and he ordered the Posts
to be rcinstated. Al the National Encamp-
ment, at san Francisco, in August. an appeal
was made by Commander Cole, and the action
of the Commander-in-Ch cf WAS not sustained.
An order WAS then issued re-suspending the
two Posts. Colonel Hufty, on behalf of Post
). made appeal to the Commander-in- Chief,
citing all the particulars with the result of
having the two Posts reinstated, and ordering
the Commander TO communicate to the tive
Posts the countersign, and take such meas
ures necessary place them in full and
active membership.